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STADIA ROD

Specialty Definition: STADIA ROD

DomainDefinition

Mining

A graduated rod used with an instrument having stadia hairs to measure the distance from the observation point to the place where the rod ispositioned. Syn:stadia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: STADIA ROD

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Rodman with stadia rod for distance measurement Crew off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Modern Translation: STADIA ROD

Language Translations for "STADIA ROD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

stadie (graduated staf, level rod). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

zelfleesbaak (graduated staf, level rod), baak (beacon). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vaaitustanko (graduated staf, level rod), vaaituslatta (graduated staf, level rod), latta (graduated staf, level rod, leveling rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references)

   

French

  

stadia, mire parlante (graduated staf, surveyor's staff), latte (graduated staf). (various references)

   

German

  

Tachymeterlatte (graduated staf, level rod), Nivellierlatte (graduated staf, level rod), Messlatte (levelling board, levelling rule, rod, staff, straightedge, surveyor's staff). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σταδία (graduated staf, level rod), βαθμονομημένη ράβδος (graduated staf, level rod), πήχυς χωροστάθμισης (graduated staf, level rod). (various references)

   

Italian

  

stadia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

adiastay odray

   

Portuguese

  

mira falante (graduated staf, level rod), estadia (abode, stay). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

estadia (taut wire gear), estadía (graduated staf, lay days, level rod). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

avvägningsstång (graduated staf, level rod, leveling rod, range-pole, rod, surveying rod, surveyor's rod). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

stadya sürgülü cetvel (stadia), arazi ölçüm aleti (stadia). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: STADIA ROD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-d-i-o-r-s-t"

-2 letters: dadaist, dastard, dotards.

-3 letters: adroit, aorist, aortas, arista, aristo, aroids, dorsad, dotard, droids, droits, radios, ratios, riatas, satori, sordid, stadia, tarsia, tiaras, triads.

-4 letters: adios, adits, airts, aorta, arias, aroid, astir, atria, dadas, dados, darts, datos, didos, didst, dirts, ditas, doats, doits, dorsa, drats, droid, droit, iotas, odist, ostia, radio, raias, raids, ratio.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-d-d-i-o-r-s-t"
 

+2 letters: ritardandos.

 

+3 letters: adjudicators, degradations.

 

+5 letters: melodramatised.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Images: Photo Album
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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